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obama was the new thing. and it's more fun for a young person to be for the new thing than the president of united states. >> now he is an incumbent politician running for recollection. >> a guy who can't make up his mind on gay marriage. >> all right. thank you both for joining us. up next brett will take cheap pot shots we have a big, big hour and the iq will go way up. you are welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. thanks current fans. awesome! [ male announcer ] this is corporate caterers miami, florida. in here, great food demands a great presentation. so at&t showed corporate caterers how to better collaborate by using a mobile solution in a whole new way. using real-time photo sharing abilities, they can create and maintain high standards from kitchen to table. this technology allows us to collaborate with our drivers to make a better experience for our customers. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ ♪ home of the brave. ♪ â
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not because i didn't like obama. i argued for obama in 2008, feverishly. i want him to win in thought he was more progressive than hillary clinton. he did this over and over again because he's right wing in his bones. how about the case of the journal i have the in yemen. he happened to find out that we did tomahawk cruise missile strike that killed women and children. they locked him up for that. the former president of yemen was going to let him go. he served years in prison, unjustly. president obama called and said no, i want you to keep calling that guy a terrorist, and keep him in jail, and today this journalist in yemen is still in prison, because president obama made that call. now which progressive would do that? he's not a progressive. when you're not looking at every opportunity he has he goes right he goes right he goes right and then he says it to you. he says i would be a moderate republican. i am a blue dog, i am a conservative democratic. the minute he has a chance to do the grand bargain he helps the republicans in a grand larceny. that's
not because i didn't like obama. i argued for obama in 2008, feverishly. i want him to win in thought he was more progressive than hillary clinton. he did this over and over again because he's right wing in his bones. how about the case of the journal i have the in yemen. he happened to find out that we did tomahawk cruise missile strike that killed women and children. they locked him up for that. the former president of yemen was going to let him go. he served years in prison, unjustly....
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obama was the new thing. and it's more fun for a young person to be for the new thing than the president of united states. >> now he is an incumbent politician running for recollection. >> a guy who can't make up his mind on gay marriage. >> all right. thank you both for joining us. up next, brett will take cheap pot shots at the french. this is "the war room" and we will be right back. uh, i'm in a timeout because apparently riding the dog like it's a small horse is frowned upon in this establishment! luckily though, ya know, i conceal this bad boy underneath my blanket just so i can get on e-trade. check my investment portfolio, research stocks... wait, why are you taking... oh, i see...solitary. just a man and his thoughts. and a smartphone... with an e-trade app. ♪ nobody knows... ♪ [ male announcer ] e-trade. investing unleashed. [ male announcer ] this is corporate caterers miami, florida. in here, great food demands a great presentation. so at&t showed corporate caterers how to better collaborate b
obama was the new thing. and it's more fun for a young person to be for the new thing than the president of united states. >> now he is an incumbent politician running for recollection. >> a guy who can't make up his mind on gay marriage. >> all right. thank you both for joining us. up next, brett will take cheap pot shots at the french. this is "the war room" and we will be right back. uh, i'm in a timeout because apparently riding the dog like it's a small horse is...
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barack obama. >> ohhow is he going to outflank obama. he went to cairo and gave a beautiful speech and how he was going to recast in the islamic work. it didn't work. how are you going to get rid of the tyrants and change the israel-palestine problem. and i think he figured out that because of who i am can recast america. it wasn't going to go as far as he thought. he became the pragmatic president who romney is trying to make believe he is not. >> eliot: you made the fascinating point that many president versus gone through this intellectual revolution, wilson and even jfk, and barack obama more rapidly because he is smart. james traub and jon soltz chairman of vote vets.org , thank you for your time. how much difference did the presidential debate make? more "viewpoint" coming up ahead. (vo) what is said here could decide the election. current tv presents coverage of the vice presidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and commentary. >> was this the game changer? is this going to change the dynamic? (vo) the only network with real-ti
barack obama. >> ohhow is he going to outflank obama. he went to cairo and gave a beautiful speech and how he was going to recast in the islamic work. it didn't work. how are you going to get rid of the tyrants and change the israel-palestine problem. and i think he figured out that because of who i am can recast america. it wasn't going to go as far as he thought. he became the pragmatic president who romney is trying to make believe he is not. >> eliot: you made the fascinating...
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but true or not, the obama campaign was clearly unhappy that rosen had allowed republicans to turn the war on women theme against them. campaign manager jim messina tweeted and i quote, i could not disagree with hillary rosen any more strongly her comments are wrong and family should be off limits. she should apologize. >> and white house press secretary jay carney claimed he didn't know if rosen had visited the white house 35 times as records seem to suggest. >> i don't know how many times she's been here. i don't know how to assess her overall relationship with people here in the white house. but i do not -- i have not seen her here very frequently. >> rosen then apologized for her remarks frequently while still trying to make her point. >> i should not have chosen words that seemed to attack ann romney's choice in life and i apologize for that. but ann romney and mitt romney brought themselves into this conversation. i hope mrs. romney knows that i didn't mean it personally. i was trying to talk about the economic issues, but you know this is going to be an ugly campaign season. >>
but true or not, the obama campaign was clearly unhappy that rosen had allowed republicans to turn the war on women theme against them. campaign manager jim messina tweeted and i quote, i could not disagree with hillary rosen any more strongly her comments are wrong and family should be off limits. she should apologize. >> and white house press secretary jay carney claimed he didn't know if rosen had visited the white house 35 times as records seem to suggest. >> i don't know how...
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they got to quite a good deal. >> bill: boehner and obama did. >> boehner and obama did but then it was kiboshed by the republicans. >> bill: by cantor and boehner who were a part of the meetings. the president realizes you can't get much done with them unless you do have a lot of pressure from the outside on the republican -- which is why he's meeting with small business leaders, middle class americans big business leaders going up to this toy factory in pennsylvania on friday. and again ronald reagan very effectively rallied the american people behind what he wanted. >> i think they learned a lesson of the last fiscal cliff. they realize they need to get out vand popular support. not just from the people but for business leaders. i think it is the business leaders who are going to put the pressure on the republicans to do something. >> bill: nick is calling from madison, wisconsin. the republican, madison. we love it. >> caller: first time caller. glad to be on. >> bill: glad you're here. >> caller: i really just have to say that i'm absolutely disgusted with the grover norquist thing
they got to quite a good deal. >> bill: boehner and obama did. >> boehner and obama did but then it was kiboshed by the republicans. >> bill: by cantor and boehner who were a part of the meetings. the president realizes you can't get much done with them unless you do have a lot of pressure from the outside on the republican -- which is why he's meeting with small business leaders, middle class americans big business leaders going up to this toy factory in pennsylvania on...
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. >> the national weather service obama. the national weather service obama. >> cenk: obama? obama is to blame for the hurricane? we're going to give you hurricane coverage like you have never seen before tonight on the program. speaking of crazy people, this is a judge in texas. >> he could send in u.n. troops. >> u.n. troops. >> i don't want them in lovett county. >> oh no, but who are we going to bring in? jerry jerry jerry springer on the show. we'll have a lot of fun with that. and then anaheim does something against latinos again. >> they're dressed up as typical mexico gardeners border patrol picking up kholos. >> you know what time it is, right? it's go time. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> cenk: next week the republicans are having their convention in tampa and it likes like hurricane isaac is coming to meet them. and it might shut down the convention on monday and tuesday. we'll get if that's true in a second. but something that ain't true. the crazy conspiracy theory that rush limbaugh hatched on this. it turns out it's all obama's fault. >> we have a hurricane coming. the na
. >> the national weather service obama. the national weather service obama. >> cenk: obama? obama is to blame for the hurricane? we're going to give you hurricane coverage like you have never seen before tonight on the program. speaking of crazy people, this is a judge in texas. >> he could send in u.n. troops. >> u.n. troops. >> i don't want them in lovett county. >> oh no, but who are we going to bring in? jerry jerry jerry springer on the show. we'll have...
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president obama finally part of their campaign yesterday always very clever. obama operation. they came up with a way for all americans to be able to sound off on this issue. he noted that if the tax cuts on the middle class on the 98% do go up, middle class americans will pay $2,000 more in taxes every year. that means $2,000 out of your pocket so the president's asking people to tell members of congress what that -- what you could do with that $2,000. what that $2,000 would mean to you and they're sending -- asking people to send their stories to their member of congress. republican or democrat or to their united states senators and they've done so by coming up with a twitter hash tag. it's hash tag my 2k. president obama announcing it. >> obama: tell members of commerce what a $2,000 tax hike would mean to you. call your members of congress. write them an e-mail. post it on their facebook walls. you can tweet it. using the hash tag my 2k. not y2k. [ laughter ] my 2k. >> we figured that would make it easier to remember. >> bill: my 2k. we're tweeting it out ourselves. you sh
president obama finally part of their campaign yesterday always very clever. obama operation. they came up with a way for all americans to be able to sound off on this issue. he noted that if the tax cuts on the middle class on the 98% do go up, middle class americans will pay $2,000 more in taxes every year. that means $2,000 out of your pocket so the president's asking people to tell members of congress what that -- what you could do with that $2,000. what that $2,000 would mean to you and...
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she keeps showing up. >> barack obama is a socialist. he believes in socialism in redistributing health in confiscating hard-earned dollars of our small businessmen and women so they cannot reinvest their dollars and hire more people and expand. barack obama has not had a budget in the four years he has been in office and not been worried about it and continues to spend recklessly other people's money, and that is a sign of that idea of loving socialism. >> stephanie: okay. i think we can confirm it now, she gets paid by the word. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: i'm working on a book right now the publicer gives you a world count. i think that's what happens. she is literally filling out the blue book. >> socialism. fill his socialistic socialism -- >> stephanie: and all and forward short also socializing with the -- okay. >> it was really hard to find -- >> small business -- >> stephanie: there is no edit -- >> that's why it went a little bit longer than usual. it was hard to find an edit point to take it out -- >> stephanie:
she keeps showing up. >> barack obama is a socialist. he believes in socialism in redistributing health in confiscating hard-earned dollars of our small businessmen and women so they cannot reinvest their dollars and hire more people and expand. barack obama has not had a budget in the four years he has been in office and not been worried about it and continues to spend recklessly other people's money, and that is a sign of that idea of loving socialism. >> stephanie: okay. i think...
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obama is getting a lot of credit for what appears to be obama's surge in the polls. even the romney people will tell you the obama's at least two or three points ahead right now. they've -- they credit clinton with a lot of that. no doubt there is a close relationship. we also have the factor that hillary clinton may run again for president in four years hanging over this. >> bill: president obama -- i mean president clinton saying he's no idea whether she's going to run again. you know what? you remind me. peter, if we can president was asked last night -- yesterday on "the view," barbara walters suggested the possibility -- we've all talked about hillary running in 2016. barbara walters raised the possibility of another first lady running and the president's response was kind of -- was very interesting. here's how that exchange went. >> he should run -- she should run for office but she says she doesn't want to. [ applause ] >> obama: michelle would be terrific but temperamentally i just don't think that -- >> no, it's absolutely true. it takes a lot of patience to
obama is getting a lot of credit for what appears to be obama's surge in the polls. even the romney people will tell you the obama's at least two or three points ahead right now. they've -- they credit clinton with a lot of that. no doubt there is a close relationship. we also have the factor that hillary clinton may run again for president in four years hanging over this. >> bill: president obama -- i mean president clinton saying he's no idea whether she's going to run again. you know...
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in 2008 before president obama was even sworn in, president collect barack obama met with all of us governors and told us he wanted to hear our suggestion abouts how the federal government could be more responsive to states, more nimble well, republican governors were very pleased by the president's outreach. they supported flexibility and waivers and so the states could fashion our own welfare programs knowing that one side does not fit all states. i supported that flexibility from michigan. the unemployment, just to give you an example. the unemployment rate in michigan that time that those who lost their jobs in the auto manufacturing industries, so just go to the job is ridiculous. there were no jobs. so the wise course was to give people new skills, to retrain them. we asked for waivers to craft the program to fit our needs. you know what, it worked. we were able to train and place people at four times the national average with that flexibility. well the obama administration knows the value of that flexibility, and today spokesman jay carney defended it and rips into mitt romney. take a
in 2008 before president obama was even sworn in, president collect barack obama met with all of us governors and told us he wanted to hear our suggestion abouts how the federal government could be more responsive to states, more nimble well, republican governors were very pleased by the president's outreach. they supported flexibility and waivers and so the states could fashion our own welfare programs knowing that one side does not fit all states. i supported that flexibility from michigan....
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some of the turnout especially in urban areas which definitely gave president obama the big margin. >> jennifer: darn, they must not have suppressed enough votes. fine republicans you keep believing it was urban turnout and not your bad ideas and we'll keep winning elections. joining me is one of the progressive leaders who was at the meeting with the president today. executive director of moveon.org justin ruben comes to us from washington d.c. welcome inside "the war room," justin. >> thank you. >> jennifer: all right. so what did you and the other leaders ask for today and how did the president respond? >> well, you know, the first thing we said is we absolutely need the bush tax cuts for the rich to expire. they can't be extended. we just cannot afford that as a country. and the second thing that we make clear, i will say the degree of unanimity and unity among progressives is really striking on this. we said look, this can't be done on the backs of the middle class and the poor. we can't have cuts to benefits -- benefits for medicare medicaid or social security. as part of this d
some of the turnout especially in urban areas which definitely gave president obama the big margin. >> jennifer: darn, they must not have suppressed enough votes. fine republicans you keep believing it was urban turnout and not your bad ideas and we'll keep winning elections. joining me is one of the progressive leaders who was at the meeting with the president today. executive director of moveon.org justin ruben comes to us from washington d.c. welcome inside "the war room,"...
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i know that obviously in past years, colorado was a red state obama changed that in 2008. i think you had a lot of help in that. how do you see the republican candidates playing in colorado today? >> you know, romney won the state pretty handily in 2008, even though he didn't ultimately win the nomination. so i think mitt romney is going to play really strong. the poll indicates that. there's nothing really that cause me to think it's going to be any different. if somebody else surges in these other states, and he winds up having a tough convention race, something may change, but i'd say the votes are going to ultimately go to mitt romney from here in colorado. and that's, you know, that's expected. now, ultimately, in the general election, i think it's a different question. the way democrats have won in colorado really since ken salozar in 2004 when he won the state senate seat, i won in 2006, mark udall serving in the senate as a democrat, we've been winning in independent and barack obama won the state by 9 points won heavily among independents, so it am be interesting
i know that obviously in past years, colorado was a red state obama changed that in 2008. i think you had a lot of help in that. how do you see the republican candidates playing in colorado today? >> you know, romney won the state pretty handily in 2008, even though he didn't ultimately win the nomination. so i think mitt romney is going to play really strong. the poll indicates that. there's nothing really that cause me to think it's going to be any different. if somebody else surges in...
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president obama showed his irritation. he kind of put jake tapper down. >> obama: well, here's where i've been, jake. i've been president of the united states dealing with the worst economic crisis since the great depression. an auto industry on the verge of collapse. two wars. i don't think i've been on vacation. >> bill: you know what i would have said. i would have said i'll answer your question, jake tapper, when you show some respect for the president of the united states. shane is calling from richmond, virginia. good morning. >> caller: hi, bill. thank you for taking my call. >> bill: thank you. >> caller: thank you for staying on this issue. i really want to hear it addressed. i am pleased with what obama has put out there. what he's decided to do. i would like to see him also place a moratorium on gun manufacturing and sales. i tell you what i'm really upset with it about is the response from those senators who have said that they are not going to go along with gun regulations. >> bill: they're in the pocket of th
president obama showed his irritation. he kind of put jake tapper down. >> obama: well, here's where i've been, jake. i've been president of the united states dealing with the worst economic crisis since the great depression. an auto industry on the verge of collapse. two wars. i don't think i've been on vacation. >> bill: you know what i would have said. i would have said i'll answer your question, jake tapper, when you show some respect for the president of the united states....
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president obama went out to aurora. a visit at the last minute was able to meet with the families and hear the families tell their stories about the loved ones that they have lost the president also told the stories of some of the people in the theater who went beyond themselves to save the lives of their friends and others who were nearby in front of them or grabbing them t these, you should remember. they represent what's best in us. they assure us that out of this darkness. the president said it impressed him the most again, hearing the family talk about their loved ones. >> it was an opportunity for families to describe how wonderful their brother or their son or daughter was. the lives that they have touched. >> the president reached into his christian beliefs and his christian values to quote scripture on, once again, a tragedy with the help of the lord above. >> he will wipe away every tear from their eyes. neither shall there be crime nor pain or things passed away. but here is the further tragedy, is that not e
president obama went out to aurora. a visit at the last minute was able to meet with the families and hear the families tell their stories about the loved ones that they have lost the president also told the stories of some of the people in the theater who went beyond themselves to save the lives of their friends and others who were nearby in front of them or grabbing them t these, you should remember. they represent what's best in us. they assure us that out of this darkness. the president...
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president obama didn't do anything. never talked about guns except in the tucson, arizona, but never did anything his entire first four years. i think we awe share some of the guilt at this and particularly against the semi automatic weapons like the ar-15, which was the gun used in aurora colorado, in the theater shooting, the gun used in portland, oregon last week and the gun that this nut case used in newtown, connecticut o friday. president obama, i must say, really, this really struck him as it struck all of us. in our briefing room on friday, he came in. nobody had ever seen the president so emotional, so moved when he talked about this one particularly struck him as a parent. >> they had their entire lives ahead of them birthdays graduations, weddings kids of their own. >> just think about all of that potential, all of those possibility did wiped out. last night, the president going to newtown, connecticut, meeting with the families of those little kids and telling us as a nation: this stuff has got to stop. >> w
president obama didn't do anything. never talked about guns except in the tucson, arizona, but never did anything his entire first four years. i think we awe share some of the guilt at this and particularly against the semi automatic weapons like the ar-15, which was the gun used in aurora colorado, in the theater shooting, the gun used in portland, oregon last week and the gun that this nut case used in newtown, connecticut o friday. president obama, i must say, really, this really struck him...
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obama won! romney lost! it is up to them to accept obama's plan. we'll tell you why and get your calls but first we take the latest here, today's current news update from lisa ferguson out in los angeles has got it for us. hi lisa. good morning. >> hey bill. good morning everyone. lawmakers could finally get the answers they're demanding today in the investigation into former c.i.a. director david petraeus. the fbi and c.i.a. say they will brief members of the house and senate intelligence committees laying out how they handled the case and standing by their claim that politics were not involved in their decision to keep lawmakers in the dark. at least four people are now caught up in the investigation. along with petraeus and paula broadwell, there is jill kelley and top afghanistan commander john allen. the pentagon is now investigating general allen for allegedly sending thousands of inappropriate e-mails to kelley but allen is saying he did nothing wrong and the president and the army are standing by him. >> the president thinks very highly of
obama won! romney lost! it is up to them to accept obama's plan. we'll tell you why and get your calls but first we take the latest here, today's current news update from lisa ferguson out in los angeles has got it for us. hi lisa. good morning. >> hey bill. good morning everyone. lawmakers could finally get the answers they're demanding today in the investigation into former c.i.a. director david petraeus. the fbi and c.i.a. say they will brief members of the house and senate...
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president obama, the obama campaign out yesterday with its first ad hard-hitting ad about romney's record at bain capital. this worked for teddy kennedy in '94. do you think it will work this year? >> yes. because it is real. it is not fake. this is something that his record is hinged upon. there's no doubt about the impact. i would just note that i appreciate the obama campaign running an aggressive campaign. these are -- sometimes the kinds of issues that you hear that people aren't supposed to engage in politically whether it is the bin laden killing or romney's bain record. obama campaign has rightfully said we're going to aggressively make the case based on facts that we are better and he is worse and this is certainly one of those examples and i applaud them for raising this issue it certainly worked in the primaries when rick perry and newt gingrich raised the concept of vulture capitalism and it hurt him going into places like south carolina and others. this is a serious problem. >> bill: i mentioned it worked for teddy kennedy in '94. it worked for newt gingrich in south carolina
president obama, the obama campaign out yesterday with its first ad hard-hitting ad about romney's record at bain capital. this worked for teddy kennedy in '94. do you think it will work this year? >> yes. because it is real. it is not fake. this is something that his record is hinged upon. there's no doubt about the impact. i would just note that i appreciate the obama campaign running an aggressive campaign. these are -- sometimes the kinds of issues that you hear that people aren't...
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this is president obama and the obama campaign's attempt to get under his skin and boy did it work. certainly you have romney having a remark that is a little tone-deaf, you know, not that a little tone-deaf is not something that romney is not used to. but certainly it doesn't correspond to the remark that president obama made and it wasn't kind of a natural remark or witty kind of jujitsu thing. >> here is what gets me. this is not the first wealthy man to run for politics. >> no. >> the kennedys were as -- wealthy people learn how to not come across as the guy from prep school that you never met or didn't like. you know. >> bobby kennedy. >> franklin roosevelt, you know, teddy roosevelt. >> they identified. >> there is something. there is something here. when obama gets under his skin romney doesn't respond like, i am proud of what i have done. >> that's what a wealthy man says. he says, i don't know why they are picking on my dad. i inherited all of this money. yes do anything, you know. i was born with a silver spoon. why are you picking on my dad? the problem with that is i hop
this is president obama and the obama campaign's attempt to get under his skin and boy did it work. certainly you have romney having a remark that is a little tone-deaf, you know, not that a little tone-deaf is not something that romney is not used to. but certainly it doesn't correspond to the remark that president obama made and it wasn't kind of a natural remark or witty kind of jujitsu thing. >> here is what gets me. this is not the first wealthy man to run for politics. >> no....
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president obama is sending a u.s. delegation to the ceremony including reggie love who will represent the u.s., also michelle quan un ambassador and members of the president's council on fitness. >>bill: that's a good delegation. >> yes. absolutely. and we may have heard the last of president obama singing in public the crowd in colorado pushed the president to push out a tune but he said he has made a solemn vow to his wife michelle to not sing to anyone but her anymore. >>bill: he is saving his crooning for the first lady. >> and motorists on a road in pennsylvania had a good laugh a few days ago, road-painting crew wasn't overly careful when laying down a double yellow line they painted right over a dead raccoon. they were short a man who clears debris before they paint, and there was too heavy of traffic to turn around. >>bill: so forever and ever there will be a dead raccoon in the road. >> well, they can remove it but then there will be an empty spot. ♪ >>bill: reminds me of our do-nothing congress somehow. i
president obama is sending a u.s. delegation to the ceremony including reggie love who will represent the u.s., also michelle quan un ambassador and members of the president's council on fitness. >>bill: that's a good delegation. >> yes. absolutely. and we may have heard the last of president obama singing in public the crowd in colorado pushed the president to push out a tune but he said he has made a solemn vow to his wife michelle to not sing to anyone but her anymore....
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barack obama beat them. i think it proves you can stand up to the nra and win. >> but there are a couple of other different demographics too. we have the voter suppression thing. but let's focus on those types of things and i'm sure president obama always comes through and does the right thing. he never knew he was going to face all of these headwinds, so let's just win the election first, and then we can get on his back. >> you know what, kevin leadership. i think leadship is what we're talking about. and leadership is willing to take some risks. and barack obama showed -- he is living proof of the fact that you don't have to be afraid of the nra. and the other thing is that's the argument we always hear. no, now is not the time. after columbine, now is not the time. after virginia tech. now is not the time. after gabby giffords. no, not now. the hell it is not. if not now, when is my response. 866-55-press. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ >>only on current tv. dose of politics from a fresh
barack obama beat them. i think it proves you can stand up to the nra and win. >> but there are a couple of other different demographics too. we have the voter suppression thing. but let's focus on those types of things and i'm sure president obama always comes through and does the right thing. he never knew he was going to face all of these headwinds, so let's just win the election first, and then we can get on his back. >> you know what, kevin leadership. i think leadship is what...
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that's what obama is up against. >> eliot: here's the thing. you have eloquently and precisely articulated what the state of play is although the only thing i would say is that was a statement relating more to a president who had not yet been re-elected. even though he was wrong and awfully wrong in his refusal to raise this issue in this first term, i have a lingering hope that the second term president without worries of some of those swing voters, the pennsylvania, michigan, ohio etc. who he no longer needs maybe he'll have the backbone to raise this issue. time is short tonight. i want you to come back in the next week or two because we've got to develop a strategy which elected officials we can say please, pick up this issue. run with it. it's your moral responsibility. there are others, john, i hope you'll help us to figure out who they might be. >> i would love to, and we need leadership in the media as well in washington. >> eliot: john rosenthal co-founder of to have handgun violence and the american hunters and shooters association. t
that's what obama is up against. >> eliot: here's the thing. you have eloquently and precisely articulated what the state of play is although the only thing i would say is that was a statement relating more to a president who had not yet been re-elected. even though he was wrong and awfully wrong in his refusal to raise this issue in this first term, i have a lingering hope that the second term president without worries of some of those swing voters, the pennsylvania, michigan, ohio etc....
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coming up, barack obama's favorite impression of barack obama. viewfinder coming up next. lysol.com/missionforhealth. >> eliot: coming up, last night saw one of the worst calls in nfl history and that's after a week of some pretty close runners up. but first, the eye candy in the white house madonna's bizarre endorsement and a slow news day at fox and friends. when it doesn't fit anywhere else, we put it in the viewfinder. >> slow news day. not every day can be exciting and packed with important interesting news. and there are many, many, many 24 hour a day news outlets so occasionally, you'll have a slow news day. >> i believe if you see a peacock, he's on his own. no one owns him. he chose to fly there. he's got no owner. >> peacocks don't fly. >> why do they have wings then? >> i think they fly short distances. >> president obama he talked to you recently. he told you that you did the best impression of him of anybody. >> he did. that was crazy. you know, michelle likes the show. michelle's a fan. she likes it. you know it's on. >> he's funnier. i'm funnier. you know. w
coming up, barack obama's favorite impression of barack obama. viewfinder coming up next. lysol.com/missionforhealth. >> eliot: coming up, last night saw one of the worst calls in nfl history and that's after a week of some pretty close runners up. but first, the eye candy in the white house madonna's bizarre endorsement and a slow news day at fox and friends. when it doesn't fit anywhere else, we put it in the viewfinder. >> slow news day. not every day can be exciting and packed...
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in president obama. he is not begun-ho for single-payer but is it your conclusion in his more progagmatic way he is more effective than if he were a flame though-throwflame-thrower. >> things an argument he would make. the people around himat's an argument he would make. the people around him would make say it he is a progressive-mind progressive-minded fellow, what his aims and goals would be for our country for our society, if you ask, they would be progressive, progressive, progressive. but when it comes to operating in the real world, he wants to be very pragmatic, and he has said he sometimes feels like he has to tap back and forth because even though he won a decisive election, part of the country, much of the country is conservative in terms of the political culture. you have to take that into fact account. this is a guy. people ask me, you know, doing this book and talking to all of these folks around obama having access in the white house did anything surprise you? and i wouldn't call it quite a
in president obama. he is not begun-ho for single-payer but is it your conclusion in his more progagmatic way he is more effective than if he were a flame though-throwflame-thrower. >> things an argument he would make. the people around himat's an argument he would make. the people around him would make say it he is a progressive-mind progressive-minded fellow, what his aims and goals would be for our country for our society, if you ask, they would be progressive, progressive,...
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medicare plan and the problem with obama's plan is president obama cuts $1716 billion out of medicare and that's going to destroy it. >> uh-huh. >> what's the fact? >> i worked on the affordable care act and i was addn advisor to the president on the affordable care act and we worked on the medicare cuts and the big difference between president obama on health care and mitt romney is really two-fold. first of all, the president has $715,000,000,000 of savings that he reinvested in the health care system primarily to go through things like prescription drugs for seniors in the medicare program to provide prevention services. >> to go aheadet rid of the donut? >> seniors pay for prescription drugs. that money, they don't have to pay that any more. >> where do the $1716 billion in cuts come from? >> another important point. beneficiaries, seniors citizens who paid into medicare didn't see any benefit cuts. the money came out of what we pay hospitals, providers, et cetera and most importantly, that's not just what we pay hospitals but what we really pay insurance companies for this progra
medicare plan and the problem with obama's plan is president obama cuts $1716 billion out of medicare and that's going to destroy it. >> uh-huh. >> what's the fact? >> i worked on the affordable care act and i was addn advisor to the president on the affordable care act and we worked on the medicare cuts and the big difference between president obama on health care and mitt romney is really two-fold. first of all, the president has $715,000,000,000 of savings that he...
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obama went after a deal. the package would extend the bush tax cut for two years extend the tax cuts for the wealthy. obama had won 238 of stimulus for yielding on 114 billion in high income tax cuts. he says clearly obama had gotten the better deal. the public had been seen this over tax cuts answered over that obama had not gotten what he wanted. axelrod and other aids were not allowed to admit in public that the president had achieved a second stimulus. that's part of why the economy has gotten better and better and we've had all these months of job growth. corn finishes by saying what happened is not an indication that obama is likely to yield in a new faceoff but he will be assessing the dynamics in a new grid lock. that's not caving in, that's governing. much more as we continue on the "stephanie miller show." >> putting people out of work. >> stephanie: we need to get rid of all of them. there will be lungs on every governor tomorrow night. she is awesome. we'll be right back on the "stephanie miller s
obama went after a deal. the package would extend the bush tax cut for two years extend the tax cuts for the wealthy. obama had won 238 of stimulus for yielding on 114 billion in high income tax cuts. he says clearly obama had gotten the better deal. the public had been seen this over tax cuts answered over that obama had not gotten what he wanted. axelrod and other aids were not allowed to admit in public that the president had achieved a second stimulus. that's part of why the economy has...
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the most polls i saw still show obama polling in the 60% of people who trust obama in security. i don't think what's happening in libya, though it is horrible and disturbing as it is, it is going to have that big of an impact come november. >> eliot: i could not agree more. mitt romney speaks about foreign policy. he will get thin slivers of certain groups. he may pick up a few conservative jewish voters based upon the failure of the president to meet with netanyahu. overall arc and argument for the campaign fails. every day he doesn't speak about the economy he loses. he has a better chance there than foreign policy. osama bin laden is dead. end of argument for that. >> that's part of the reason we see such a jump for obama since the dnc because he has been winning the foreign policy debate. he has been winning on national security. lil' he's also winning on economics. >> that's what romney's biggest problem is. he's not winning on economy or national security. >> eliot: he should go on vacation. he would do better. every time he opens his mouth he goes down in the polls. ohio
the most polls i saw still show obama polling in the 60% of people who trust obama in security. i don't think what's happening in libya, though it is horrible and disturbing as it is, it is going to have that big of an impact come november. >> eliot: i could not agree more. mitt romney speaks about foreign policy. he will get thin slivers of certain groups. he may pick up a few conservative jewish voters based upon the failure of the president to meet with netanyahu. overall arc and...
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president obama is in hot water with u.s. catholic leaders. they are angry that the president approved regulations that require religious organization toss include contraceptives in their employee healthcare plans. number two. there's fresh evidence that the decision by the susan g. komen foundation to cut breast cancer screening foundation planned parenthood was right-wing politics at its worst. according to a an anonymous source -- handel, who is komen's person in public policy, is an activist. they reversed the decision and had its funding restored. the funding for planned parenthood. our final story is tim tebow is in the news and it's not for his fourth-quarter heroics. what's being called the tebow bill, is now making its way through the virginia legislature. it would allow home-schooled students to play on their local high school team. tebow, who is a devout christian and his four siblings were all home-schooled. also, the denver broncos quarterback hasn't ruled out the possibility of running for office. in the future. so let's bring in
president obama is in hot water with u.s. catholic leaders. they are angry that the president approved regulations that require religious organization toss include contraceptives in their employee healthcare plans. number two. there's fresh evidence that the decision by the susan g. komen foundation to cut breast cancer screening foundation planned parenthood was right-wing politics at its worst. according to a an anonymous source -- handel, who is komen's person in public policy, is an...
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but really the anchor around obama is the economy. i think what is really going to be the key issue is the presidential debates in october. i think there is going to be back and forth until then. but if people feel they have confidence in romney's ability to turn the economy around, i think he could win. >> if he doesn't they won't. here you can have golds for romney and we'll take the gold gold-- >> thank you very much. >> notice which end of the horse she put in my direction. >> jennifer: oh, come on. it's all appropriate. >> the horse in the olympics you know you would watch. you know you would have to watch, or you couldn't come home. a person has a relative-- >> you really think that's i'm the right person. >> jennifer: i have a gift i want to show the world and put duf on the spot. >> gee, thanks. >> jennifer: while you were away, "the new york times" had a front page story about the republican party in decline. what is that-- >> shocking news that is. we really have a real problem with this in this state. i think kevin mccarthy
but really the anchor around obama is the economy. i think what is really going to be the key issue is the presidential debates in october. i think there is going to be back and forth until then. but if people feel they have confidence in romney's ability to turn the economy around, i think he could win. >> if he doesn't they won't. here you can have golds for romney and we'll take the gold gold-- >> thank you very much. >> notice which end of the horse she put in my...
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obama at the whitehouse last week. i must admit, it came out pretty good. >> looking good. >> festive. my column up with justice scalia and why he should recuse himself from the same-sex marriage case in front of the supreme court. >> that's posted on our website at billpressshow.com and soon be on twitter and faulkner facebook as well. now, on a friday. ♪ >> oh, yeah. >> here we go. we like to take a look back at our favorite sound bytes of the week and bring them up to date to you. our top five, favorite five, talk about them and work our way up to the top on the five on fox the other day, you know, the new movie zero dark 30 comes out in selected theaters next week, all about the osama bin laden raid. bill says he loves waterboarding. >> like i say waterboarding more like awesome boarding. the unspeakable truth is everybody wants -- they will never say this but everybody wants torture on the table. >> bill: yeah. yeah. everybody. i would like to water board him water board him off of that show. i just mentioned my
obama at the whitehouse last week. i must admit, it came out pretty good. >> looking good. >> festive. my column up with justice scalia and why he should recuse himself from the same-sex marriage case in front of the supreme court. >> that's posted on our website at billpressshow.com and soon be on twitter and faulkner facebook as well. now, on a friday. ♪ >> oh, yeah. >> here we go. we like to take a look back at our favorite sound bytes of the week and bring...
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crowley, former assistant secretary of state for public affairs for president obama. former special assistant for national security affairs to president president clinton and a professor at george washington university. thank you for joining us, professor. >> pleasure, eliot always. >> eliot: it seems so tantalizingly closer. a cease-fire was about to be announced. you've been through the process before. can you infer or suggest or understand what would be a sticking point at this late moment? >> part of this is probably one or both of the parties haven't got man they need out of current crisis. i strongly suspect it is probably on the hamas side where they're looking for assurances that if there is a cease-fire, there will be some relaxation of the israeli blockade and obviously israel is in no position to grant such a wish as long as there are rockets that are continuing to rain down on the israeli population. >> that seems like such a fundamental issue. do you think israel will agree there should be a cease-fire if it in any way relaxes the blockade. the blockade h
crowley, former assistant secretary of state for public affairs for president obama. former special assistant for national security affairs to president president clinton and a professor at george washington university. thank you for joining us, professor. >> pleasure, eliot always. >> eliot: it seems so tantalizingly closer. a cease-fire was about to be announced. you've been through the process before. can you infer or suggest or understand what would be a sticking point at this...
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then president obama said assad should go. it has been over a year the man has slaughtered tens of thousands of his own people and more foreign fighters are spilling into this country. so the longer this has gone on the more people -- groups like al-qaeda are going in. we could have more easily identified the freedom fighters working with our allies the turks, the saudis had we had a better plan in place to begin with. but no, we waited for kofi anun to come up with an agreement with the un. we gave russia veto power. and meanwhile about 30,000 sirrians are dead. >> biden: what would my friend do differently? if you notice he never answers the question -- >> ryan: no we would not be going through the un -- >> biden: you don't go through the un. we are in the process now and have been for months in making sure that help humanitarian aide and other aide and training that we believe, the turks believe, the saudis believe are the free forces inside of syria. that is underway. our allies were all on the same page. nato as well as o
then president obama said assad should go. it has been over a year the man has slaughtered tens of thousands of his own people and more foreign fighters are spilling into this country. so the longer this has gone on the more people -- groups like al-qaeda are going in. we could have more easily identified the freedom fighters working with our allies the turks, the saudis had we had a better plan in place to begin with. but no, we waited for kofi anun to come up with an agreement with the un. we...
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it was obama versus romney. he keep come back to this that you heard bill crystal say what the hell are we doing as a party? even tom kohl said let's buy in 98% and get it out of the way and take credit for it. why is bajner refuse to go schedule a boat on that proposal. >> obtain doesn't have the votes. simple math, this is sort of the reality of washington. >> doesn't have the votes to block it? >> he doesn't have the votes to pass any kind of tax reform from his own caucus. they operate by a rule called the majority of the majority. effectively the house republicans will do whatever the majority of their caucus says is okay with. you know, they don't have that majority. >> if they deck -- okay. i am trying to understand where boehner is coming from. right? >> yeah. >> bill: because i think this is a time for sleepered. i am say that. not you. if he allowed that the democrats would vote for it. they don't need that many republicans. it seems to me that the pressure, then, on the republicans, a good number of t
it was obama versus romney. he keep come back to this that you heard bill crystal say what the hell are we doing as a party? even tom kohl said let's buy in 98% and get it out of the way and take credit for it. why is bajner refuse to go schedule a boat on that proposal. >> obtain doesn't have the votes. simple math, this is sort of the reality of washington. >> doesn't have the votes to block it? >> he doesn't have the votes to pass any kind of tax reform from his own caucus....
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president obama said it yesterday. part of it -- part of it is generational. >> bill: i'm part of the white house press corps. i see him almost every day. >> hey barry. >> barry. >> barry hussein said yesterday that part of this is generational. my generation and my parent's generation, they don't understand it. they never interacted especially in the midwest you never interacted with an openly gay person. the kids don't care! the kids don't care about black or white or gay or straight. all they're interested in is who's going to pop for the $400 bottle of grey goose in the v.i.p. section of the club. it is great to see the priorities straight. >> bill: you know, you mentioned, too, what i find is a lot of conservative friends of mine on this issue they are really tolerant and open because they have a gay sister. or an uncle right. they figure that uncle that never got married hello! >> he's a confirmed bachelor. >> bill: or a son or a daughter. suddenly they realize hey you know -- >> president obama moved to the dick
president obama said it yesterday. part of it -- part of it is generational. >> bill: i'm part of the white house press corps. i see him almost every day. >> hey barry. >> barry. >> barry hussein said yesterday that part of this is generational. my generation and my parent's generation, they don't understand it. they never interacted especially in the midwest you never interacted with an openly gay person. the kids don't care! the kids don't care about black or white or...
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will you vote for obama? yes, here is a hat. >> 100 gajillion dollars or a hat. >> stephanie: they all looked cute in the hat. blah-blah-blah, now i have no hat. i gave it away. note the guy without the steph hat. that's so a gift of the magi. he gives and he gives. >> the hat made of frankincense. >> stephanie: no. >> let's talk about the owe o'henry story. [ screaming ] >> stephanie: the tickets are going fast. and then next up in august. >> we have what makes you k sick. >> i just threw up in my mouth just a little bit. >> stevie miller is coming to the capitol theater august 16th. join hal sparks john fugalsang and talk show goddess stephanie miller. >> who is laughing now? we are. >> tickets are table at www.ticketmaster.comor call 1-800-745-3000. this is the show that will put the ooh back in ohio. that's "the stephanie miller show" coming to capitol theater on august 16th. buckeye state, you're going to love our nuts. >> stephanie: yep, thank you for that. yesterday we announced the breaking news that
will you vote for obama? yes, here is a hat. >> 100 gajillion dollars or a hat. >> stephanie: they all looked cute in the hat. blah-blah-blah, now i have no hat. i gave it away. note the guy without the steph hat. that's so a gift of the magi. he gives and he gives. >> the hat made of frankincense. >> stephanie: no. >> let's talk about the owe o'henry story. [ screaming ] >> stephanie: the tickets are going fast. and then next up in august. >> we have...
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obama is back. he was back on that stage tonight. jim, you've seen it said you had never seen a debate where mitt romney had been fact checked by a moderator. he called that unprecedented. they're drawing a lot of attention to candy crowley fact checking mr. president obama said the libya attacks were an act of terror. he said he's not providing any specifics and when he does, according to axelrod romney is being outright dishonest. the romney campaign acknowledged that president obama was much more aggressive tonight but jim said romney won on content and in terms of likability with his tone and sununu, the former chief of staff essentially a romney surrogate of sorts he outright went after candy crowley in spin alley. what president obama said about libya was one of the most dishonest things sununu had ever heard and that it was not candy crowley's place to insert herself and he said that candy crowley was wrong. we've looked at the transcript from what president obama said in the rose garden and
obama is back. he was back on that stage tonight. jim, you've seen it said you had never seen a debate where mitt romney had been fact checked by a moderator. he called that unprecedented. they're drawing a lot of attention to candy crowley fact checking mr. president obama said the libya attacks were an act of terror. he said he's not providing any specifics and when he does, according to axelrod romney is being outright dishonest. the romney campaign acknowledged that president obama was much...
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with obama. i don't know what -- i am not sure why that's important at the that you can on the phone privately. they are looking for a way out they have signaled some private openness if they could kick it up to 37% instead of 39% if they get some entitlement savings they could sell. >> the president would get 39-6 for the upper income folks with doing nothing and no entitlement cuts by doing nothing? >> right. >> it would be a deal. you would guess the president would want some sort of package and wouldn't want to go over the cliff. it would be politically and substantively. this is what republican aids say. he has the chance to do something big. if he come our way i am not negotiating this. >> you need to get something in order to do something. we are getting ahead of ourselves. this is the conversation that we have to have. this is the conversation that's the going on all over washington today or at least should be except congress went home. >> we are talking about it. >> exactly. who needs co
with obama. i don't know what -- i am not sure why that's important at the that you can on the phone privately. they are looking for a way out they have signaled some private openness if they could kick it up to 37% instead of 39% if they get some entitlement savings they could sell. >> the president would get 39-6 for the upper income folks with doing nothing and no entitlement cuts by doing nothing? >> right. >> it would be a deal. you would guess the president would want...
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president obama marking that this evening at the white house. jay carney will hold his regular press briefing at 1:00 today. and i'll be there representing all of you. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hey, good morning everybody! it is thursday, december 13. this is the "full court press." welcome to the program here on current tv coming to you live all the way across this great land of ours from our studio on capitol hill in washington, d.c. our nation's capital. with everything else going on here today president obama at the request of governors christie and cuomo president obama has asked congress for an extra $60 billion to help those two states, new york and new jersey, recover from the impact of hurricane sandy. but republicans in congress are balking. they're not buying it. they say there's no evidence there was that much damage from hurricane sandy. oh yeah? maybe they ought to talk to governor christie about that. we'll get into that and a whole lot more here. first we take time out to get the late
president obama marking that this evening at the white house. jay carney will hold his regular press briefing at 1:00 today. and i'll be there representing all of you. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hey, good morning everybody! it is thursday, december 13. this is the "full court press." welcome to the program here on current tv coming to you live all the way across this great land of ours from our studio on capitol hill...